The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-06-25

continue to work for 81 . day.
"A IL. year-old boy at Reading re-
Gently sucked forty-nine eggs within
three hours and thirty-six minutes.
Shepherd viii have celebration
this year at which prize will be Of
fered the best drilled Grand Army
post.
Pine river was raised so by recent
rain,sthat five million feet OF logs will
be run into ST. Louis 70 be cut this
year.
Among the improvements at
Standish this summer will be a &c.
600 Catholic Church and 5000
school house.
The fifth annual session of the
Fort Gratiot normal school will COM
mence July 10, ut the Fort Gratiot
union school, and continue for five
weeks.
The daughter of John Dening,
living near Foster Station, Allegan
county, found her father just outside
the house door with razor In his
hand and his throat cut.
- Richard Stoffens, of Clinton, has
recovered Sal Of the $l0l and pocket
book which he dropped into the mill
ilume the other day and which went
through the wheel.
The twelfth semi-annual meeting
of the Detroit District association of
the woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety will be held in the NJ. T.. Church
at YpsilaDti Thursday and Friday,
June 3 and 10.
IF. Mumford, OF Kalamazoo, did
not answer the call TO breakfast re-
Gently, and was found dead in his bed.
He was about town the day before in
his usual health. lie was an old and
highly respected citizen.
The Traverse City insane asylum
is now overcrowded on the male side.
The male wards now contain 25S
patients, and the female wards 233.
Whenever male patient Is received
now, some male patient must be sent
home TO make room Tor the new ar
rival.
"A syndicate has bonded itself to-
gether at Crawling in the establish
ment of cattle ranch. The idea is To-
raise cattle, or 10 get them by any
other legitimate means. and 10 sell
them on rising market, which Is a
good enough scheme If 1t goes. The
concern starts with one hundred sets
of horns and hoofs.
"A general order has been issued
from the headquarters of the Grand
Army, department of southeastern
Michigan, changing the date OF the
coming annual encampment In Kala-
mazoo from the second week in
August 10 Aug. 80, 81, and Sept. and
2. The change was necessary in order
TO secure the use of tents belonging 10
the State militia
Mrs. Albert Brooks, who went
/ from Juniata 10 Denver, several
months ago, 10 take possession of an
Inheritance of $4,000, is believed TO
have been kidnapped and carried of 10
California. A band OF men have al
ready secured $4,000 of her money,
and are determined 20 get 1t all. This
is the theory of her husband, who has
received mysterious letter on the
subject.
Track laying on the extension Of
the. Duluth, South Shore IL Atlantic
Railroad begins this week. Steel rails
only will be used. IL is expected that
the road will be running from Duluth
10 Sault Ste. Marie by Christmas next.
Watersmeet extension of the North
western from Iron River is TO be i'm
ished next month, and the road will
haul 100000 tons of Gogebic ore TO
Escanaba this season. The Milwau-
kee & Northern will be at Republic by
Sept. /.
Word was received In Detroit re-
Gently of the death at Benson, Mimi,
Of Robert A. Liggett, prominent Re-
publican politician and party leader in
Detroit for many years. Mr.. Liggett
was in Minnesota for his health. He
was formerly County Clerk and Alder
man, and was once offered the nomina-
zion to Congress and declined It. He
was 40 years old and gallant soldier.
He was son-in-law OF Alfred Russell
of Detroit, and leaves widow and
young son.
Milan citizens are greatly excited
over the prospects of obtaining natural
gas. A well will be sunk nc once,
operations being commenced this week.
They recollect that thirteen years ago
a Mr.. Kinnear dug well just outside
of the corporation limits, and that
when he had reached depth of lO6